THE TWO TOWERS will get the deluxe musical treatment at special Radio City performances October 8-9
Radio City Music Hall
1260 Sixth Ave. at 50th St.
October 8-9, $59-$150, 7:30
866-858-0008
www.theradiocitylotrconcert.com
www.lordoftherings.net
Middle-earth returns to Midtown in a big way as Howard Shore’s Grammy-winning score will be performed live October 8 and 9 by three hundred musicians while Peter Jackson’s second installment of the Lord of the Rings is projected on Radio City’s sixty-foot screen. Crowding the stage will be the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, the Dessoff Symphonic Chorus, and soprano Kaitlyn Lusk, conducted by Ludwig Wicki, following up last year’s deluxe presentation of THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. In THE TWO TOWERS, Jackson continues J. R. R. Tolkien’s immortal tale as Frodo (Elijah Wood) is off to see the wizard (Christopher Lee) at Mordor, where he can destroy evil by throwing the Ring into a fiery volcano. In addition to loyal Samwise (Sean Astin), Frodo is joined by a creature called Gollum (Andy Serkis), which is what you come up with when you mix Yoda with Steve Buscemi. Throw in a bunch of Ents and Orcs, the kingdoms of Rohan and Gondor, and lots of great music and special effects and you have a three-hour film that surpasses the first part and paves the way for the gripping conclusion.